Callie Feyen

The minute I put the girls to bed the heavens open up and let loose all the rain that’s been promised for the last twelve hours. It’s lightning so much that it feels like we are on the inside of a strobe light. It’s thundering too, but Hadley doesn’t care about the thunder. She’s worried about lightning.  Harper isn’t afraid… View Post

Today, I’m writing about Monica Wesolowska’s beautiful book, Holding Silvan. You can learn more about Wesolowka here, and you can find a copy of her book, here.  Holding Silvan is the story of a mother and father who have a baby who is so sick that he can only live for a short time, and from a writer’s point of view,… View Post

You probably know that it was Mother’s Day last Sunday. What you might not have known, is that for several weeks my new pal Laura Brown’s book was circulating the blogosphere because it happens to be the perfect thing to give your mama on Mother’s Day.   Here’s the lovely catch, though: Laura wrote the book so that the child… View Post

I want to tell you that I think my niece Mabel Day is just the cutest thing in the world. I want to tell you that Hadley ran two miles in about 25 minutes on Saturday. She ran most of the race with my Dad, doing her best to pass ALL THE BOYS. It was very important to her that… View Post

  {Sharing} my desk with Hadley. She’s currently doing research for her Science Fair project next month.  She’s doing her project on lightening. As in thunder and lightening, “and Mama? Can I like, make lightening for my project?” I told her to ask her Dad. Hadley then told me that she is also planning on participating on the Talent Show… View Post